- Dead Babies (novel)
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1st edition (publ. Jonathan Cape, 1975)
Dead Babies is Martin Amis' second novel, published in 1975 by Jonathan Cape.
Contents
Plot
Amis' second novel—a parody of Agatha Christie's country-house mysteries[1]—takes place over a single weekend at a manor called Appleseed Rectory.
Reception
In 2001, BBC critic David Wood wrote "Amis' second novel ranks among his most incendiary with its mordant wit, black comedy, and sense of the violently absurd."[2]
Film Version
In 2000, the book was adapted into a film of the same name, starring Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams.
References
- ^ Thomas Jones, "Short Cuts", London Review of Books, 16 November 2000
- ^ David Wood, "Dead Babies", BBC, 22 January 2001
Martin Amis Novels: The Rachel Papers (1973) • Dead Babies (1975) • Success (1978) • Other People: A Mystery Story (1981) • Money: A Suicide Note (1984) • London Fields (1989) • Time's Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence (1991) • The Information (1995) • Night Train (1997) • Yellow Dog (2003) • House of Meetings (2006) • The Pregnant Widow (2010)Short stories: "The Unknown Known" (2008)Short story collections: Einstein's Monsters (1987) • Two Stories (1994) • God's Dice (1995) • Heavy Water and Other Stories (1998) • Amis Omnibus (1999) • The Fiction of Martin Amis (2000) • Vintage Amis (2004)Screenplays: Saturn 3 (1980)Non-fiction: Invasion of the Space Invaders (1982) • The Moronic Inferno: And Other Visits to America (1986) • Visiting Mrs Nabokov: And Other Excursions (1993) • Experience (2000) • The War Against Cliché (2001) • Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million (2002) • The Second Plane (2008)People Kingsley Amis • Sally Amis • Hilary BardwellCategories:- 1975 novels
- Novels by Martin Amis
- Novels adapted into films
- 1970s novel stubs
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